The Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued licences which allow the Nine Network and the SBS to conduct scientific trials of 3D TV in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Newcastle and Wollongong. The licences allow the trial operators to test new radiocommunications technologies between May 19th and 19 July 19th 2010 by broadcasting 3D […]
On Demand Group and HBO have announced a deal to provide on-demand access to full episodes television shows from HBO via 3 UK's TV: On Demand TV subscription VOD service. Under the terms of the deal, 3 UK's SVOD subscribers will be able to watch episodes of HBO hit series. The SVOD mobile service called […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The Spanish Government has put DVB-H Mobile TV and Interactive TV on the back burner because, it says, “there isn’t sufficient demand and it lacks an adequate business model [for mobile TV].” For Interactive TV it says “it has very little or nil presence” in the market. The comments […]
Telefonica has reported its first quarter net profit rose 2 per cent to E1.65 billion as revenue increased in Europe and Latin America. Overall revenue rose 1.7 per cent to E13.93 billion from E13.69 billion. The Spanish telco reported a total of 2.6 million customers worldwide for its pay-TV services by the end of the […]
SK Telekom has formed a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company to launch Korean-language Disney channels in South Korea in standard- and high-definition on IPTV, cable and satellite TV platforms. Under the terms of the deal, Disney will launch Korean-language versions of Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney Channel targeted at children and families in […]
Asian sports content provider, ESPN Star Sports has chosen GlobeCast as its technical broadcast partner to deliver world-class cricket from the ICC World Twenty20 from the West Indies to the rest of the world. Close to 40 broadcast and syndication partners of ESPN Star Sports will show the action in over 181 territories across the […]
Singapore's future as a regional media hub is under threat as a result of new government rules for the pay-TV industry, according to the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), which represents the interests of 130 content producers, pay-TV platform operators and equipment-and-service suppliers across 16 Asian markets. According to CASBAA, the latest […]
ActiveVideo Networks, a specialist in cloud-based interactive television and This Technology have announced a joint initiative to enable cable system operators and programmers to improve monetisation of and control over advanced VOD advertising to help grow the iVOD category. The two companies are leveraging the capabilities of the ActiveVideo CloudTV platform and This Technology's Metamore […]
Liberty Global has announced plans to work with Samsung, Intel Corporation, NDS and Nagravision to build a new common IP gateway device for its European digital TV customers. The multimedia home gateway will be an all-IP platform capable of distributing video, voice and data content throughout the home and to multiple video displays. The user […]
BT has confirmed that it will expand its roll-out of next-generation broadband to bring super-fast services to two-thirds of the UK. Originally its fibre services, offering speeds of up to 40 megabits per second (Mbps), were due to reach around 40 per cent of the population by 2012. Another £1 billion (E1.16 billion) (on top […]